you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Not what happens to youBut how you accept itIs of paramount importance.

You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.

Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.

Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.

It could be said that just about anyone we encounter is our neighbor, but it especially applies to those we would be least likely to love.

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

It was like having a genie. I'd only get so many wishes.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

If there's an interesting role that comes up as a great support role in a decent picture, then I'll do that.

We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.